as long as countries like china go all in on clean energy so must we. now, in the meantime, the natural gas boom has led to cleaner power and greater energy independence. we need to encourage that. that's why my administration will keep cutting red tape and speeding up new oil and g gas permits. that's got to be a part of the overall above plan. and i want to encourage congress that helps natural gas burn cleaner and protects our air and our water. in fact, much of our new-found energy is drawn from land and waters that we, the public, own together. so tonight, i propose we use some of our oil and gas revenues to fund an energy security front that will drive new research in technology to shift our cars and trucks off oil for good. if a nan partisan coalition of ceo's and retired generals and admirals can get behind this idea, then so can we. let's take their advice and free our families and businesses from the painful spikes in gas prices we put up with for far too long. i'm also issuing a new goal for america, let's cut in half the energy wasted by our